<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Woodson, Landon]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Woodson, Landon]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/paloalto/rss/search?query=Woodson%2C%20Landon&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:45:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Togetha]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Jason Reynolds

Pritty finds Jay and Leroy together again as they fight to save not only their home but themselves from the powerful Bainbridge family's treacherous endgame to retake Savannah for themselves, no matter the cost.

After finally reuniting, Jay and Leroy have never been in more danger. Caught in the crosshairs of the affluent Bainbridge family, who they've learned is determined to reshape Savannah in their own image, the duo has only just survived a series of near-death experiences before reaching the safety of the Black Diamonds. But the BDs' ability to protect the Black neighborhoods of their city is slipping...

Missing the key piece of evidence that could have broken the Bainbridges' hold over Savannah, everyone is scrambling for options. But when one of their own is kidnapped, Jay and Leroy realize they can't rely on anyone but themselves to save them. Recruiting old friends, former enemies, and their most risky ally, Jay's once-upon-a-time crush, Will, they set out to do the impossible: find the evidence they lost in order to finally expose the Bainbridges' corruption to the world, by any means necessary.

But even as their plans bring them closer to revealing the Bainbridges' treacherous endgame, Jay and Leroy's own secrets from each other threaten to pull their love apart, just as old feelings between Jay and Will begin to blossom again. And as the battle for a brighter future boils over into the streets, to save their homes, and everyone they love, Jay, Leroy, and Will must decide: When the cost of justice might be each of their happiness, will they be able to make the sacrifice together?]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16811248</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16811248</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith F. Miller Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16811248981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063265004/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magic in the Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the author of the bestselling Kobe Bryant biography The Rise comes the legend of the most powerful shot in basketball: the slam dunk.

The evolution of basketball, and much of the social and cultural change in America, can be traced through one powerful act on the court: the slam dunk. The dunk's history is the story of a sport and a country changed by the most dominant act in basketball, and it makes “Magic in the Air” a rollicking and insightful piece of narrative history and a surefire classic of sports literature.

When basketball was the province of white men, the dunk acted as a revolutionary agent, a tool for players like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to transform the sport into a Black man's game. The dunk has since been an expression of Black culture amid the righteous upheaval of the civil-rights movement, of the threat that Black people were considered to be to the establishment. It was banned from college basketball for nearly a decade-an attempt to squash the individual expression and athleticism that characterized the sport in America's cities and on its playgrounds. The dunk nevertheless bubbled up to basketball's highest levels. From Julius Erving to Michael Jordan to the highflyers of the 21st century, the dunk has been a key mechanism for growing the NBA into a global goliath.

Drawing on deep reporting and dozens of interviews with players, coaches, and other hoops experts, “Magic in the Air” brings to life the tale of the dunk while balancing sharp socio-racial history and commentary with a romp through American sports and culture. There's never been a basketball book quite like it.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16924623</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16924623</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sielski, Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16924623981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250379016/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of Prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you want to pray more effectively? Do
you desire to pray according to the perfect will of God? Would you like to
deepen your relationship with the Lord through prayer? If you answered yes to these
questions, then the book "The Power of Prayer: Praying for Results" is
for you! In simple terms, Bishop Eric Lambert teaches principles, strategies,
and types of prayer to help you grow in your prayer life and develop intimacy
with God.

 Drawing
on his more than thirty-five years as a pastor, Bishop Eric A. Lambert, Jr
writes in everyday language to share the advice that prayer is not about pomp
and circumstance, about flowery language, or even about fully formed thoughts.
It's about a simple conversation with your Heavenly Father. From that
simplicity can come significant personal change.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17615315</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17615315</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bishop Eric A. Lambert Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/17615315981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781977278838/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 3 (1946-1992)]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a Foreword by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Available once again for a new generation of readers, the third and final volume in Arthur Ashe's epic trilogy that chronicles the remarkable legacy of Black athletes in the United States—a major addition to our understanding of American history and the fulfillment of this legendary sports star and global activist's lifelong dream.
]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15653934</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15653934</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashe, Arthur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15653934981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>A History of the African American Athlete</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063162341/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Available once again for a new generation of readers, the second volume in Arthur Ashe's epic trilogy that chronicles the remarkable legacy of Black athletes in the United States-a major addition to our understanding of American history and the fulfillment of this legendary sports star and global activist's lifelong dream.

When tennis great Arthur Ashe first published his A Hard Road to Glory trilogy, this ambitious project was the first of its kind, a milestone in the presentation of United States social history. A Hard Road to Glory Volume 2, carries on the little-known full story of Black athletes and their contributions to American sports and culture.

Volume 2 covers America's "Golden Age" of sports from the end of World War One to the end of World War Two, from to 1919—1945. It was a time when the feats of legends such as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, and Jack Dempsey shone brightly-and segregation reigned supreme. Racial restrictions led to the formation of independent Black organizations, which saw its own share of extraordinary stars. Meanwhile, a number of great Black athletes, including Jesse Owens and Joe Louis, became sports heroes admired by millions worldwide.

Today, Black athletes and Black women in particular are receiving more visibility than ever for their unparalleled, world record-breaking excellence, their activism, and their leadership and vision. Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Sha'Carri Richardson, and Naomi Osaka are consistently elevating athletics and are reshaping the way we think about sports, excellence, society, and history.

Arthur Ashe paved the way for them all; A Hard Road to Glory is fundamental to our understanding of Black athletes and our nation's past, present, and future. Now more than ever, this collection is one of this amazing icon's greatest legacies-a treasure to be celebrated by readers today and those to come.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15390274</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15390274</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Ashe Jr., Ashe, Arthur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15390274981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>A History of the African American Athlete</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063162303/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Kingdoms of Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts.

This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history. Great Kingdoms of Africa aims to decenter European colonialism and slavery as the major themes of African history and instead explore the kingdoms, dynasties, and city-states that have shaped cultures across the African continent.

This groundbreaking book offers an innovative and thought-provoking overview that takes us from ancient Egypt and Nubia to the Zulu Kingdom almost two thousand years later. Each chapter is written by a leading historian, interweaving political and social history, and drawing on a rich array of sources, including oral histories and recent archaeological findings. Great Kingdoms of Africa is a timely and vital book for anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of Africa's rich history.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16196161</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16196161</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Parker, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16196161981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798350851458/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise of a Killah]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of the celebrated rapper and the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, told by one of its founding members.

Dennis Coles—aka Ghostface Killah—is a cofounder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip-hop group that established itself by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during the genre's golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing anthem after classic anthem, and serving as the foundation of modern hip-hop.

“Rise of a Killah” is Ghost's autobiography, focusing on the people, places and events that mean the most to him as he enters his fourth decade of writing and performing. It's a beautiful and intense book, going back to the creative ferment that led to Ghost's first handwritten rhymes. Dive into Ghost's defining personal moments, his battles with his personal demons, his journey to Africa, his religious viewpoints, his childhood in Staten Island, and his commitment to his family (including his two brothers with muscular dystrophy), from the Clan's early successes to the pinnacle of Ghost's career touring and spreading his wings as a solo artist, fashion icon, and trendsetter.

“Rise of a Killah” gives a “real feel” narrative of Ghost's life as he sees it, a one of a kind holy grail for Wu-Tang and Ghost fans alike.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16292076</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16292076</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killah, Ghostface]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16292076981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250349736/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ai Snake Oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson reveals what you need to know about AI-and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products

Comes with a bonus track featuring an illuminating discussion by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor

Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You're not alone. AI is everywhere-and few things are surrounded by so much hype, misinformation, and misunderstanding. In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works, why it often doesn't, where it might be useful or harmful, and when you should suspect that companies are using AI hype to sell AI snake oil-products that don't work, and probably never will.

While acknowledging the potential of some AI, such as ChatGPT, AI Snake Oil uncovers rampant misleading claims about the capabilities of AI and describes the serious harms AI is already causing in how it's being built, marketed, and used in areas such as education, medicine, hiring, banking, insurance, and criminal justice. The book explains the crucial differences between types of AI, why organizations are falling for AI snake oil, why AI can't fix social media, why AI isn't an existential risk, and why we should be far more worried about what people will do with AI than about anything AI will do on its own. The book also warns of the dangers of a world where AI continues to be controlled by largely unaccountable big tech companies.

By revealing AI's limits and real risks, AI Snake Oil will help you make better decisions about whether and how to use AI at work and home.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17430073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17430073</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Narayanan, Arvind, Kapoor, Sayash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/17430073981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can&apos;t, And How To Tell The Difference</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691269313/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longlisted for the National Book Award

 

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling in this stunning illustrated middle grade novel in verse "full of vulnerability and hope" (Booklist, starred review) from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again.

It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from their friendship, and though he won't admit it, Isaiah knows exactly why. Because Darius is…gone.

 

A hit and run killed Darius in the midst of a record-breaking long wheelie when Isaiah should have been keeping watch, ready to warn: "CAR!" Now, Drew can barely look at Isaiah. But Isaiah, already quaking with ache and guilt, can't lose two friends. So, he comes up with a plan to keep Drew and him together­­­-they can spend the summer breaking records, for Darius.

 

But Drew's not the same Drew since Darius was killed, and Isaiah being Isaiah isn't enough for Drew anymore. Not his taste in clothes, his love for rock music, or his aversion to jumping off rooftops. And one day something unspeakable happens to Isaiah that makes him think Drew's right. If only he could be less sensitive, more tough, less weird, more cool, less him, things would be easier. But how much can Isaiah keep inside until he shatters wide open?]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16135871</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16135871</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Williams, Alicia D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16135871981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797174174/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Snake Oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson reveals what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products Comes with a bonus track featuring an illuminating discussion by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor Includes a new preface and epilogue by the authors Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You're not alone. AI is everywhere—and few things are surrounded by so much hype, misinformation, and misunderstanding. In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works, why it often doesn't, where it might be useful or harmful, and when you should suspect that companies are using AI hype to sell AI snake oil—products that don't work, and probably never will. While acknowledging the potential of some AI, such as ChatGPT, AI Snake Oil uncovers rampant misleading claims about the capabilities of AI and describes the serious harms AI is already causing in how it's being built, marketed, and used in areas such as education, medicine, hiring, banking, insurance, and criminal justice. The book explains the crucial differences between types of AI, why organizations are falling for AI snake oil, why AI can't fix social media, why AI isn't an existential risk, and why we should be far more worried about what people will do with AI than about anything AI will do on its own. The book also warns of the dangers of a world where AI continues to be controlled by largely unaccountable big tech companies. By revealing AI's limits and real risks, AI Snake Oil will help you make better decisions about whether and how to use AI at work and home.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10797260</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10797260</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kapoor, Sayash, Narayanan, Arvind]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10797260980</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can&apos;t, and How to Tell the Difference</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691269313/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know Your Newlywed]]></title><description><![CDATA[<B>Tyler Posey (<I>Teen Wolf</I>) and Mary Mouser (<I>Cobra Kai</I>) star in this swoon-worthy, full-cast rom-com! When two super-fans of a beloved dating gameshow hear that it's being rebooted, they decide to team up and fake a marriage to compete in the hilarious new audiobook <I>Know Your Newlywed</I>, written by Heather Taylor and Hillary Nussbaum, and executive produced by <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Elena Armas.</B><BR>Cleo is a researcher with big dreams of a PhD in anthrozoology, and a guilty pleasure obsession with <I>Know Your Newlywed</I>, a decades-old gameshow where married couples compete by answering obscure questions about each other. She's more invested in her career than in finding a relationship of her own, though—that is, until she comes across Javi's dating app profile, which says he's "looking for someone to win <I>Know Your Newlywed</I> with."<BR> <BR>Sparks fly, and when Cleo and Javi catch wind of a reboot of their beloved show, they apply on a whim, pretending to be newlyweds themselves. Before they know it, they're cast as contestants, playing the part of smitten married couple better than they could've imagined. Their very real chemistry is impossible to ignore, and as the competition heats up, they quickly become America's sweethearts. But how far can Cleo and Javi take their secret? And as they inch closer and closer to a life-changing cash prize, will the mounting pressure and their individual ambitions get in the way of their blossoming romance? Or is their connection strong enough to last once the cameras stop rolling?]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10792418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10792418</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor, Heather, Nussbaum, Hillary, ARMAS, ELENA]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10792418980</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797170657/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children of the State]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace comes a timely, insightful, and groundbreaking look at the school-to-prison pipeline and life in the juvenile "justice" system.

There has been very little written about juvenile detention and the path to justice. For many kids, a mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen - often resulting from external factors coupled with a biologically immature brain - can resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle-class life a mere fantasy. Here, in Children of the State, Jeff Hobbs challenges any preconceived perceptions about how the juvenile justice system works - and demonstrates in brilliant, piercing prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable.

Writing with great heart and sensitivity, Hobbs presents three different true stories that show the day-to-day life and the challenges faced by those living and working in juvenile programs: educators, counselors, and - most importantly - children. While serving a year-long detention in Wilmington, Delaware - one of the violent crime capitols of America - a bright young man considers both the benefits and the immense costs of striving for college acceptance while imprisoned. A career juvenile hall English Language Arts teacher struggles to align the small moments of wonder in her work alongside its statistical futility, all while the San Francisco city government considers a new juvenile system without cinderblocks - and possibly without teachers. A territorial fistfight in Paterson, New Jersey is called a hate crime by the media and the boy held accountable seeks redemption and friendship in a demanding Life & Professional Skills class in lower Manhattan. Through these stories, Hobbs creates intimate portraits of these individuals as they struggle to make good decisions amidst the challenges of overcoming their pasts, and also asks: What should society do with young people who have made terrible mistakes?

Just as he did with The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, Jeff Hobbs has crafted a gorgeous, captivating, and transcendent work of journalism with tremendous emotional power. Intimate and profound, relevant and revelatory, Children of the State masterfully blends personal stories with larger questions about race, class, prison reform, justice, and even about the concept of "fate."]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15179268</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15179268</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hobbs, Jeff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15179268981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797149196/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Ceiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[A revelatory assessment of workplace inequality in high-status jobs that focuses on a new explanation for a pernicious problem: racial discomfort.
	 
	America's elite law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms are known for grueling hours, low odds of promotion, and personnel practices that push out any employees who don't advance. While most people who begin their careers in these institutions leave within several years, work there is especially difficult for Black professionals, who exit more quickly and receive far fewer promotions than their White counterparts, hitting a "Black ceiling."
	 
	Sociologist and law professor Kevin Woodson examines the experiences of more than one hundred Black professionals at prestigious firms. Woodson discovers that their biggest obstacle in the workplace isn't explicit bias but racial discomfort, or the unease Black employees feel in workplaces that are steeped in Whiteness. He identifies two types of racial discomfort: social alienation, the isolation stemming from the cultural exclusion Black professionals experience in White spaces, and stigma anxiety, the trepidation they feel over the risk of discriminatory treatment. While racial discomfort is caused by America's segregated social structures, it can exist even in the absence of racial discrimination, which highlights the inadequacy of the unconscious bias training now prevalent in corporate workplaces. Firms must do more than prevent discrimination, Woodson explains, outlining the steps that firms and Black professionals can take to ease racial discomfort.
	 
	Offering a new perspective on a pressing social issue, The Black Ceiling is a vital resource for leaders at preeminent firms, Black professionals and students, managers within mostly White organizations, and anyone committed to cultivating diverse workplaces.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16708881</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16708881</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Woodson, Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16708881981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780226836607/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritty]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Concrete Rose” meets “Things We Couldn't Say in Pritty”, a debut novel by Keith F. Miller Jr.-the inspiration behind the forthcoming animated short film of Kickstarter fame-that follows two boys who get caught in the crossfire of a sinister plot that not only threatens everything they love but may cost them their own chance at love.
On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be-tough, athletic, and in charge-Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy.
Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn't about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood. And when Jay and Leroy find themselves caught in the crossfire, Leroy isn't willing to be the reason Jay's life is at risk.
Dragged into the world of the Black Diamonds-whose work to protect the Black neighborhoods of Savannah began with his father and now falls to his older brother-Leroy knows that finding out who attacked his brother is not only the key to protecting everyone he loves but also the only way he can ever be with Jay. Wading through a murky history of family trauma and regret, Leroy soon dis-covers that there's no keeping Jay safe when Jay's own family is in just as deep and fighting the undertow of danger just as hard.
Now Jay and Leroy must puzzle through secrets hiding in plain sight and scramble to uncover who is determined to eliminate the Black Diamonds before someone else gets hurt-even if the cost might be their own electric connection.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15740052</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15740052</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith F. Miller Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15740052981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063264953/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 1 (1619-1918)]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a Foreword by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

Available once again for a new generation of readers, the first volume in Arthur Ashe's epic trilogy that chronicles the remarkable legacy of Black athletes in the United States - a major addition to our understanding of American history and the fulfillment of this legendary sports star and global activist's lifelong dream.

When tennis great Arthur Ashe first published his A Hard Road to Glory trilogy, this ambitious project - recognizing the contributions of Black athletes to American sports and culture - was the first of its kind, a milestone in the presentation of United States social history.

Ashe had long believed that Black people needed to know their cultural history. But while teaching a seminar on the history of African American athletes at Florida Memorial College in 1981, he realized there was a vast amount of material about Black achievement that had never been collected, analyzed, and interpreted. To help to fill the gap, he began with the subject he knew best: sports.

A Hard Road to Glory Volume 1 covers the period from 1619, when enslaved Africans were first brought to American shores, to 1918, the end of the First World War. Ashe reveals that from 1865 through 1896, Black Americans succeeded spectacularly in sports, witnessing accomplishments of athletes like Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion, Marshall Taylor, "the world's fastest cyclist," and Isaac Murphy, a Hall of Fame jockey and the first three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby.

In 2021, Black athletes and Black women in particular are receiving more visibility than ever for their unparalleled, world record-breaking excellence, their activism, and their leadership and vision. Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Sha'Carri Richardson, and Naomi Osaka are consistently elevating athletics and are reshaping the way we think about sports, excellence, society, and history.

Arthur Ashe paved the way for them all, A Hard Road to Glory is fundamental to our understanding of Black athletes and our nation's past, present, and future. Now more than ever, this collection is one of this amazing icon's greatest legacies - a treasure to be celebrated by readers today and those to come.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14881912</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14881912</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Ashe Jr., Ashe, Arthur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14881912981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063162266/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Earth Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people's spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of “Farming While Black”.
The co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ecological humility is an intrinsic part of Black cultural heritage. While racial capitalism has attempted to sever our connection to the sacred earth for 400 years, Black people have long seen the land and water as family and understood the intrinsic value of nature.
This thought-provoking anthology brings together today's most respected and influential Black environmentalist voices, leaders who have cultivated the skill of listening to the Earth, to share the lessons they have learned.
These varied and distinguished experts include Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Alice Walker; the first Queen Mother and official spokesperson for the Gullah/Geechee Nation, Queen Quet; marine biologist, policy expert, and founder and president of Ocean Collectiv, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Land Loss Prevention Project, Savi Horne. In Black Earth Wisdom, they address the essential connection between nature and our survival and how runaway consumption, and corporate insatiability are harming the earth and every facet of American society, engendering racial violence, food apartheid, and climate injustice.
Those whose skin is the color of soil are reviving their ancestral and ancient practice of listening to the earth for guidance. Penniman makes clear that the fight for racial and environmental justice demands that people put our planet first and defer to nature as our ultimate teacher.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15232579</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15232579</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Penniman, Leah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15232579981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063160934/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Build a Black Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book shares how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care.

When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag turned rallying cry is but one expression of a radical reorientation toward Black politics, protest, and political thought. “To Build a Black Future” examines the spirit and significance of this insurgency, offering a revelatory account of a new political culture-responsive to pain, suffused with joy, and premised on care-emergent from the centuries-long arc of Black rebellion, a tradition that traces back to the Black slave.

Drawing on his own experiences as an activist and organizer, Christopher Paul Harris takes readers inside the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) to chart the propulsive trajectory of Black politics and thought from the Middle Passage to the present historical moment. Carefully attending to the social forces that produce Black struggle and the contradictions that arise within it, Harris illustrates how M4BL gives voice to an abolitionist praxis that bridges the past, present, and future, outlining a political project at once directed inward to the Black community while issuing an outward challenge to the world.

Essential reading for the age of #BlackLivesMatter, this visionary and provocative book reveals how the radical politics of joy, pain, and care, in sharp contrast to liberal political thought, can build a Black future that transcends ideology and pushes the boundaries of our political imagination.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16489258</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16489258</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Paul Harris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16489258981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>The Radical Politics of Joy, Pain, and Care</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691257280/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rap Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap - a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli.

From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by its rap music. But this flashy and fast-paced world is rarely seen below surface-level as a collection not of superheroes and villains, cartoons and caricatures, but of flawed and inspired individuals all trying to get a piece of what everyone else seems to have. In artistic, commercial, and human terms, Atlanta rap represents the most consequential musical ecosystem of this century so far. Rap Capital tells the dramatic stories of the people who make it tick, and the city that made them that way.

The lives of the artists driving the culture, from megastars like Lil Baby and Migos to lesser-known local strivers like Lil Reek and Marlo, represent the modern American dream but also an American nightmare, as young Black men and women wrestle generational curses, crippled school systems, incarceration, and racism on the way to an improbable destination atop art and commerce. Across Atlanta, rap dreams power countless overlapping economies, but they're also a gamble, one that could make a poor man rich or a poor man poorer, land someone in jail or keep them out of it.

Drawing on years of reporting, more than a hundred interviews, dozens of hours in recording studios and on immersive ride-alongs, acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli weaves a cinematic tapestry of this singular American culture as it took over in the last decade, from the big names to the lesser-seen prospects, managers, grunt-workers, mothers, DJs, lawyers and dealers that are equally important to the industry. The result is a deeply human, era-defining book. Entertaining and profound, Rap Capital is an epic of art, money, race, class, and sometimes, salvation.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14918522</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14918522</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Coscarelli, Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14918522981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>An Atlanta Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797145235/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hometown Victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak.

Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything-including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood-leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak - they were the ultimate underdogs.

In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences - from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way.

But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way - and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love?

With the heart of favorite football classics — The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans — Keanon's journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14508434</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14508434</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lowe, Keanon, Spizman, Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14508434981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>A Coach&apos;s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250856883/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike Sielski's The Rise offers an inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture with never-before-seen material...]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14176379</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14176379</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sielski, Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14176379981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250839701/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Only for One Nite]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the third title in the bestselling B-Boy Blues series, Mitchell Crawford attends his tenth anniversary high school reunion and comes face to face with the man, who stole his virginity and broke his heart: gymnastics coach Warren Reid. Will Mitchell finally have his say and exact his revenge— or will he fall for Warren's charms and be the same fool twice, if only for one nite?]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14573888</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14573888</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Earl Hardy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14573888981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781705052679/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of Black Consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lewis R. Gordon's Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking account of Black consciousness by a leading philosopher 
 
In this original and penetrating audiobook, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom. Skillfully navigating a difficult and traumatic terrain, Gordon cuts through the mist of white narcissism and the versions of consciousness it perpetuates. He exposes the bad faith at the heart of many discussions about race and racism in America, including those who think of themselves as ""color blind."" As Gordon reveals, these lies offer many white people an inherited sense of being extraordinary, a license to do as they please. But for many if not most Blacks, to live an ordinary life in a white-dominated society is an extraordinary achievement. 
 
Informed by Gordon's life growing up in Jamaica and the Bronx, and taking as a touchstone the pandemic and the uprisings against police violence, Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking work that positions Black consciousness as a political commitment and creative practice, richly layered through art, love, and revolutionary action.]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14120283</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C14120283</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon, Lewis R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/14120283981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250843203/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An engaging children's audiobook whose aim is opening a dialogue about systemic racism, inspired by Emmanuel Acho's viral video series "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man."

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is an accessible audiobook for children to learn about systemic racism and racist behavior. For the awkward questions white and non-black parents don't know how to answer, this audiobook is an essential guide to help support communication on how to dismantle racism amongst our youngest generation.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy creates a safe, judgment-free space for curious children to ask questions they've long been afraid to verbalize. How can I have white privilege if I'm not wealthy? Why do Black people protest against the police? If Black people can say the N-word, why can't I? And many, many more.

Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young listeners can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13492364</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13492364</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Acho, Emmanuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/13492364981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250802149/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrath]]></title><description><![CDATA[The award-winning author delivers a passionate and unforgettable exploration of a marriage caught in the crossroads of rage.

When Chastity Butler and Xavier Owens first meet, they instantly connect over their shared dedication to activism. After all, Xavier is a civil rights attorney and Chastity uses her business degree to work with a local foundation that helps battered women. Together, they work to make the world a better place and find themselves falling deeper in love. Even though friends and family warn them to slow down, Xavier and Chastity marry within a year.

But their marriage is soon strained by the intense differences between their backgrounds. Chastity, the only child of a prominent popular pastor in Philadelphia, was raised with privilege. Xavier, meanwhile, never knew his father, was abandoned by his mother, and shuffled between houses, leaving him feeling isolated and inadequate. As an adult, he was determined to leave his past behind.

As time goes on, Xavier is slowly overcome with resentment about his past. Soon, Chastity finds herself on the receiving end of his increasing rage. It starts with verbal abuse and escalates until the physical abuse makes Chastity feel like she's living in a prison. She has built a career on helping women in similar situations, but her religious upbringing, her position at the domestic violence foundation, as well as her family's high social profile all work to keep her in their home, praying that Xavier will change.

Things only get worse when the local Democratic Party asks Chastity to run for office, and Xavier can't handle the amount of attention his wife is suddenly getting. When his rage explodes at a level Chastity has never seen, will their marriage survive or is this finally the last straw?]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13533487</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13533487</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Christopher Murray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/13533487981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797120706/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buses Are a Comin']]></title><description><![CDATA[A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward - written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.

At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the US Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, DC, by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide.

The Freedom Riders found their answer. No. Southern states would continue to disregard federal law and use violence to enforce racial segregation. One bus was burned to a shell; the second, which Charles rode, was set upon by a mob that beat the Riders nearly to death.

Buses Are a Comin' provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles leads his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation's violent grip on African American lives. It is also a challenge from a teenager of a previous era to the young people of today: become agents of transformation. Stand firm. Create a more just and moral country where students have a voice, youth can make a difference, and everyone belongs.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press]]></description><link>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13327033</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13327033</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Person, Charles, Rooker, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/13327033981</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>Memoir of a Freedom Rider</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250789921/MC.GIF&amp;client=paloaltocity&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>